On behalf of the Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar Committee, we wish to express appreciation to you for accepting our invitation to be a judge at the Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar Awards Competition.

Before the Event

You should see an email from “sterlingscholar@deseretmgt.com” inviting you to create your account to the judging portal on March 20th. This will allow you to start reviewing and scoring the student portfolios. It is not necessary or required, but you may print them. If you print the portfolios, please shred them or bring them the day of judging for us to safely dispose of.
Please take some time to review and preliminary score each schoars portfolio prior to April 3. These can be changed later if you wish.
Please be sure to log in to the portfolio here before the event to make sure there are no technical difficulties.

You will be contacted by SEDC with more instructions by March 20th.

Day of the Event
The day’s activities have been scheduled very closely, and time is an important factor in making these events a success.

Parking

You can park anywhere on campus and you will not be ticketed.

Campus Map

Internet Access

Please follow the instructions linked here.

Interviews & Program Day Schedule

11:00 am-11:30 pm-Holland Library – Room # 537 Zion Room

Please check in by no later than 11:00 am. We will have a brief welcome at 11:00 and serve lunch at 11:30. Please bring your laptop, if you need to borrow one for the day of the interviews, please just let me know ahead of time and SEDC will provide a chromebook for your use.

12:15 PM-Judges escorted to Interview rooms

Judges will be escorted to judging areas by the coordinator assigned as your timer. They will make sure the students are ready and will let you know when the 10 minute interview time is over.

12:30 PM-4:30 Interviews
There will be a 5 minute break between interviews. For Dance, Music, and Speech & Drama, students may use three minutes for a performance, but this three minutes is included in the total time of 10 minutes. It is very important that the schedule is kept to ensure all Sterling Scholars are given their full 10 minutes. When interviews are complete and you have deliberated with your fellow judges and determined the finalists, please fill out the forms and return the envelope to the timer assigned to your room.

Judges to complete final scoring and return results to the Holland Conference Room #469, or you may give the envelopes to the door timer to deliver. Please return any portfolios or materials used by giving them to the door timer.

The Awards Program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Arena. You are cordially invited to attend this event, though it is not required.

If you need further clarification or have any questions, please feel free to call Joe B Wright at (435) 689-1705 or email at joeb@sedck12.org
If you need any technical help. please contact Chris at chris@sedck12.org
Again, thank you for your assistance with the Sterling Scholar Program.